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Old 02-17-2012, 11:06 PM
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i want to take my stock flares of but i dont know what i want to do in replacement. i was thinkin just cut the fenders a bit atleast in the front and go naked. if i could see some good pics of cut fenders that'd be great. im not really sure what else would look good on there i'd love to see what some of you guys did with your fenders just lookin for ideas thanx
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check out the pics of my 88. It had very minimal cutting but enough.
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oh and bushwackers always look good.
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good lookin jeep man and the fenders look good i just dont know if i like the little lip left from the flare
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Bushwhackers are ugly
Take them off, cut, be happy and forget it.
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^^thts kinda what im thinkin not a big fan of big fenders haha.
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bushwhackers look good if you have big tires.
i mean, 33x12.5 on an 8 inch rim with as low as 3.75bs looks ugly cause the flares stick out further than the tire.
but with 36x13.5 on 10 inch rim with 3.0bs looks good. but the tire sticks out a couple of inches past the flare. thus protecting the bushwhacker from hitting trees/rocks.

if you're running mud, go with stock flares, cut and raised.
if you're running rock, go naked.
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Cut like so:


Trace around the top of the fender flare with a marker, remove the flare and cut the line. Those are 35's. When I got out to take this picture I noticed that I had a bit of rubbage on that front corner but that's because I just lowered it back down 2 inches.
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im in the middle of it now.i havent trimmed them yet... just waiting for warm weather so i can paint the raw metal that will be there.
i have more in my album. feel free.
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who needs fenders anyway??
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Check my build for some pics toward the last page
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napier flares?
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Flares, cutting, cutting, no flares.
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thanx guys really appreciated it. i took my front flares of this morning i think ima so some trimming and leave it. really like the look of lowrange2's fender job
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those are cragar rims, right? do you know what size they are?


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